Bleed brakes by yourself - DIY Brake Bleeder tool - Brake flush
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มิ.ย. 2017
- In this video, I create my own brake bleeding tool out of a soda bottle and some vinyl tubing and bleed all four wheels of my pick up truck. It's a pretty simple process to flush the brake system. No longer does it take two people to bleed the brakes. Now I can bleed the brakes by myself using this one person method.
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At minute 3:50 I saw the white Newbalances and I knew I could trust this man
You know there's nothing in this world that I appreciate more than simplistic genius. Thank you good sir for being so intelligent and for sharing it with the rest of us. I'd like to ad how much I appreciate the fact that you don't over explain or try to play at being some sort of rocket scientist while explaining a simple procedure. Basically thank you for being smart not cocky and just plain cool. It is a rarity and very refreshing.
It's good that he shared this, but it is an old trick. I've done it since he was in nappies, but I don't claim to have thought it up either.
Do I need to let the pedal in "rest" position before I tighten the valve?
Thank you.. for an easy to understand demo..
@@dukenukem5768 I doubt you are older than this bloke if you cover photo is duke nukem.
@@dukenukem5768 and course you shared before. Sharing helping others that is make grateful to the people.
I feel like I owe you money. This is the best trick ever. Mechanic for 32 years and I never seen this. Worked perfectly.
"If *Plan A* fails, you got 25 letters left."
🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍👍
You just saved some people a good chunk of change with this video👍.
my lingo have even 30 of them left, lol, but definitely he saved me some change, and more importantly - made the job done better, cause i am sure a lot of local mechanics would just top the fluid or change only the reservoir and not bleed the entire system
Been bleeding brakes for years with two people, today I have no assistant. Thank you very much. Great video.
Honestly one of the best videos on TH-cam for brake bleeding
Chrisfix?
I have been working on brakes since 75 thank you for for teaching an old dog new trick bottle bleed was great I changed a little fo r myself but just wanted to say thanks
GREAT VID! What sucks is bleeder kits run anywhere from $25 to over $100. I love this simple, affordable solution. Thank you!
YOU CAN THERMAL SHOCK THE BLEEDER VALVE BY USING A TORCH TO HEAT AROUND THE CONNECTION, THEN HIT THE VALVE WITH A SHOT OF SPRAY FROM A CAN OF "FREEZE IT". This will expand the hole and shrink the valve allowing you to separate the two. It might take a few times of thermally shocking it but it works well. A new valve is a lot cheaper than an entire caliper. I've been doing this since the sixties! Also add a little transmission fluid to the point of connection to help lube get in there and help loosen it too. Good video!
Brilliant comment, and thank you for your input. I've use water after using a torch. What is a can of freeze it?
Bled my brakes today using the method you showed on this video and it worked like a charm! Thanks for the info without a bunch of non-essential things that make watching other videos a chore 😁
This really did work. Bleed all four brakes bye myself in under 45 minutes. Thanks for the video.
Great video to the point! and very humble when explaining that the release valve broke when trying to open, then had to buy another caliper, plus having the name of our Lord present. God bless You too.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much. I was fretting about finding a buddy off from work. I managed to do it all on my 2013 Dodge Dart by myself, and it came out perfectly. You really are awesome.
“If plan A fails, you’ve got 25 letters left”…I like that! 😷👍🏼
Love it when I watch a DIY video and I don't have any questions. If a picture is worth a thousand words, your video must be worth a whole library! Admit I was a bit skeptical at first (I've done a ton of these in my yard and had varying degrees of success with other methods), but now I see how fool-proof this really is! Thank you, sir!
Worked like a charm, thank you for the easy to understand and informative video. I soaked my bleeders overnight with PB Blaster and they came off super easily. Also, I used a socket/ratchet to just barely loosen the bleeder before attaching the tubing which helped as well!
Hey Dan, just wanted to say what a great video this is. I'm about to replace a cylinder and this is by far the best video on how to bleed brakes that I've found. I'm in a similar situation to yours, so thank you for passing on what you've learned. It really does make a difference.
Great video. I'm not a mechanic but I do know from experience if you fear your bleed screws are fused to the caliper (common) you can use some PB Blaster on them the night before to hopefully penetrate the rust. Then before trying to break them loose, heat well with a butane or hotter torch then hit it with the PB Blaster to shock the bleeder by fast cooling it. Repeat a couple of times to be safe and use a bleeder wrench (6 sided), 6-sided open-end wrench or line wrench. The heat/cool method can also be used if you strip the bleeder to avoid having to get a new caliper. Just shock it a couple of times and as someone posted below, if the bleeder is stripped using this heat method you should be able to get it out using vice grips at that point.
As a Nigerian who just bought theor first used car (Pontiac g3 2010), this video is gonna be so helpful. Thanks a lot, sir.
Thank you very much for this video! You really simplified the process of bleeding brakes for people who haven't done it before
Thanks for the hose trick brother! I’m going to try that so I don’t make a mess in my driveway.
Great work Dan! Simple. Reliable and VERY effective!
This was extremely helpful. Thank you for making it easy for someone who makes mechanical work difficult.
Guy you're a genius. I spent like 40 bucks last year and did my brakes in my minivan, the kit didn't worked properly and my lack of knowledge was enough to crash the minivan against my neighbor. Yesterday i replaced the caliper of my car using your method and it went perfect, i was scared at the beginning, even after finishing but i drove around the blocks and the brakes were perfect. You are the best. And i owe you this one. Thanks.
finally a tutorial with nice visuals! thx dude, you definitely saved me some money cause i was weighing would i go to mechanic or doing it myself, and i basically decided to go mechanic when i saw your tutorial and now i am sure i can do it myself (probably even better than pro mechanic, cause i have more time and a lot more love for my old-ish car... thx again and have a nice day
Thanks my friend this is what I call a excellent video short full of important information and straight to the point.
Gracias 😊
So glad I found your video…about to change brakes and rotors all the way around on a 2005 grand Marquis g5…thx so much for such a simplistic yet detailed explanation 💕💕
Man your video helped. I went to Oreillys last night to get rotors turned. My closest store has jerked me around for 2 weeks, so drove to 2nd closest which is about 40 minutes away. I pull rotor off and it cant be turned. They seemed like they didnt really want to do it there either. At first stated cant promise they can do 2 front ones last before closing. I stated I called before driving and was told yes.
Pissed off, I walked 3 businesses down to Auto Zone. I bought a caliper 2 rotors and set of pads and a coke to drink. I also bought the bleeder kit for one man, well it tipped and hose popped off. The store had closed and I'm still there solo in a crunch so I used tubing and coke bottle.
I had watched your video the other day. I was able to get one side done rotor pads and caliper. I just did my pads 1000 miles ago but re did since I'm adding a new rotor. I will do the other side today in the comfort of my yard. Video definitely helped.
Great video. I’m a DIY person myself, and really appreciate money saving tips.
The only thing I would do differently is drill the holes with the cap off the bottle so I don’t have to clean the bottle out again.
why clean the botle??
@@elcompamartinez2647 There’s a chance that any contaminants in the bottle could get sucked back into the brake line.
@@elcompamartinez2647 look at his username. How the hell are shavings going to work themselves up from the bottle into the brakes? If that happens your definitely doing something wrong and wouldn't want you working on a wheelbarrow.
That was a great video man. I bled my brakes yesterday because i had to replace the power booster on my cavalier. I had help. Next time i will try your method. Great job man! Thank you for making this video.
thecoolrockerdude awesome. Glad the video helped!
Very much thanks The Daninator. Your video could help. I often ask someone to push the brake pedal while I'm doing on the bleeder. I will try your method, I will be replacing a worn bleeder this week.
Honestly, you explained how to do it better than a car part brands video. They showed how to do it but not to watch for air. Great job!
A smart way of doing something instead of buying what you don't need. Making use of what you have around you.
I'm highly impressed! I saw another video where you had to buy a $25 tool, and had to keep the pressure between a certain range, but this looks way easier, and you explained it nicely! I have never bled brakes by myself before, my dad always used to do it, and I need and want to change it out next week. Thanks!
I kept waiting for a friend or relative to pump the brakes for me...Didn't know I could do it myself, now I know...appreciate the video.
Excellent video. I've been reluctant to switch out brake calipers for years because of past nightmares bleeding brake lines. This was easy as pie. Hillbilly ingenuity is as American as you can get. Thank you for the video.
This was great I just spent a while with my ten year old kid pumping the breaks a bunch of times and his legs are dead now he had to do it more bc it was empty so alot of air got in ,anyway thanks bud I will be using this from now on
Make sure its a sprite bottle, I tried it with a dr. Pepper bottle now i have a bad master cylinder.
I use a Cointreau bottle, its better still.
Gatorade, it has electrolytes.
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I used a cheerwine bottle. Now my car speaks japanese in a carolinian accent
Since it's Hillbilly ingenuity, it should be Mountain Dew
Thank you for the video on how to do this. I've been doing my own brakes for 50 years. Always had someone help me bleed them. Now I don't have to bug my wife for help anymore. LoL!!
Nice job keeping the complex simple. I just did my first wheel and it went great. Thanks so much. Now I am on to my other 3 wheels. Have a great day!
Happy repairs!
I use the same tubing to bleed brakes. But I put a self tapping screw in the end of the hose to block it off, then cut a small lengthwise slit near the screw. This acts as a non-return valve. When you push down on the pedal, brake fluid is forced through the slit into the bottle, but when you release the pressure air can't get back into the pipe.
Great 👍 idea sir 😊
Did a awesome job, great points, and glad you mentioned the size of the tubing, that was helpful. 👍
Thanks, glad the video helped!
Good job! Simple & effective. I had thought about doing something like this for a while but adding a metal pcv valve on the end of the hose to minimize the air going back.
Just did this on my 67 mustang... Worked like a charm! Thanks!
Thanks did everything exactly the same way works like a charm
Excellent video and great camera work. I was going to do a two person bleed with my wife hitting the brakes but decided to try this instead. I used a one quart Mason jar and drilled the lid for the tubing and vent. The Mason jar was a little heavier and less prone to tipping and I didn't have a plastic soda bottle anyway. Thanks for a very helpful video !
That works!
Thank you so much! Out of all the videos (and I watched nearly all of them) this one was the best.
Awesome best bleeding video ever easiest and cleanest one yet good job man. God bless
Cheers mate. I’ll be doing this on my 73 Honda Civic to get pedal feel back again! Your video is much appreciated.
Great job , easy to understand ! I bought a little bottle with a magnet and some line fittings for different size bleeders! They should sell the plastic tubing with the different size bleeder adapters. Plenty of soda bottles out there and as you showed as long as you keep the hose above the bleeder screw it'll purge the air!
"KISS". Keep it simple stupid! Great job of making this job so easy. In spite of a "stupid" broken screw you got the job done without uttering one gosh darn-it.
Blessings back to you.
yes i did find it helpful and thanks for the simple way of bleeding brakes.
if you have a stuck bleeder try tapping a finishing nail all the way down into the opening in the bleeder before crimping the vice grips on, that way the bleeder will not collapse when you grab it with the grips. a bleeder is much cheaper then a new caliper ;) they are notoriously fragile mainly because they are hollow, if you fill that hole with something it will be much stronger and give you a better chance of getting it out with vice grips or a pipe wrench or whatever your favorite tool is. obviously you will have to replace the bleeder but they are cheap and good to replace anyways. use antiseize when you replace them. PS great video, great idea
Awesome confidence and thanks for showing exact specs on tube.
Unbelievable!!! Very simple and helps a lot, thanks so much 👍👍
Excellent job Dan. I find many videos lacking in quality and include unnecessary or hard to hear content. I also love how you add fun clips to increase the production values. Back to finding why its taking me so long to bleed these brakes. Your video gave me two ideas where I went wrong.
Do Unto thank you. Best of luck with your repair
I don’t need to bleed my brakes but this video is so good I almost want to try it just for kicks 🤓
Dude, my man I've been driving on only the front breaks so long now I have rear thanks to this tip appreciate it !!!!
Nice! The elegance is in the simplicity.
i wish i found this video a long time ago. thank you!
Classic home alone clip!!
A HUGE thanks for taking the time to make and post the vid. VERY clear, detailed and well-explained. I watched and followed your instructions and had perfect results. I can stop without having to pump the brakes now (I had a LOT of air after replacing calipers and lines! Many thanks, bud.
skkfor awesome. Glad the vid helped!
Damn right on time! I'm going to try it this weekend!
lol "Brakes WORK!" going to try this tomorrow for sure... good vid
lol it worked!
Great video now I can do my brakes all by myself. I won't have the Mrs saying "which ones the brake pedal!!!"😂😂
She doesn't drive by the way
That ending thought DEFINITELY stuck in my head! Thank u so much for this video!!
I must have seen one hundred videos of doing this and this video was the best video. Great job. Very descriptive, where the others didn't cover it.
very good video. thank you!
Thanks buddy very helpful to me I’m doing that too
Thanks for this. Nice easy DIY brake bleeding. Thanks from the UK
WOW!! This video is right on time. I will try this on my car to see If I can get the rest of the air out!
Very good explanation - now I'm ready to bleed my brakes.
Glad the vid helped!
You can also use a deadman to hold the brake pedal down in the Silverado/Sierra. About 24” piece of 4x4 wedged between the pedal and the front of the seat. Works like a charm every time.
Wow!!just saved me at least 50 dollars, was going to order a pneumatic brake bleeder, that had some sketchy reviews..even the vacuum type bleeders didn’t have the best reviews. At the end alls it took was a sprite bottle and some clear hose for bleeding the brakes. Great job, “keep it easy stupid” as we use to say in Army.
Finally a real mechanic like me works on a gravel driveway! Thank you sir pretty good idea!
I’m a Missoura hillbilly and I’m sold . Glad I found your channel. I can’t believe I haven’t seen it before .
Thank you ! Thank you !You are a good man.. I have learnt a lot..God Bless and Greetings from Guyana South America.Come visit my beautiful country some day .
Great video. Thanks for sharing. I like your "Do It Myself Attitude" ! Keep up the good work
Thank you so much, your video is really the only one that helped me bleed the brakes properely on my 1988 Jeep Cherokee. Keep up the great work!
Awesome. Thanks!
Great job, I feel so much confident now to bleed my car's brake system after watching your awesome video... very well done, sir 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
good video dude. well appreciated
A nice video, simple and straight to the point. Thanks!
Ive done this, works great! I didnt work on any certain wheel first, just did each one!
"Brakes work !!!" @ 6:29 LOL !!!!
Thanks for the tips !!!
Awesome, the home alone reference to that bleeder screw reminded me of feelings I've had so much myself, one little thing fucks up your entire day :D
Andrew Hope Haha, yep!
Thanks for the idea with the bottle!
This looks like flawless. Blake bleeder tool companies hate you right now. Genius idea. Thanks. I'm about to do brakes alone and this is what I will do.
The home alone reference was superb (;
Damn great idea buddy,thanks alot i need to do that to my brakes👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍
Simply the best DIY video.
Thank you very much. :)
I must say I am impressed. God bless you sir
That's awesome , thanks man .. hi from Tijuana B.C. Mexico
Thanx much worked phenomenal !!👍🏻
Not One awesome!
Idiots, he shared how to bleed the brakes and you have clowns hitting the thumbs down button. Well, I'm grateful for the video. Thanks so much.
Thank you for the great how to video. The best one I seen!
My new motivational speech "if plan A fails you got 25 letters"
Word!
with my current drum brake hardware replacement, I'd say I'm on plan F =)
@Buick Regal I finally did figure it out. Aftermarket parts are not cut the same. I was able to make small adjustments untill I got them on perfectly. Now I have to do my other vehicles drums. The second wheel was a piece of cake after the 1st wheel.
I stopped at the Flintstone plan method😄
Okay everybody don't be like that guy. take the cap off the bottle. Before you drill it out the bottle has to be clean. So I get A+ plus
Added to my favorites
Thank you
Thanks for making this video. Appreciated much. From london
Thanks!!!! I had a good idea of this method already but for some reason I can't get brake pedal pressure on my new calipers and your video helped me find what I was doing wrong!!!
Thanks buddy. Just did this using your tips. Appreciate it.